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“The Group’s state-of-the-art technology portfolio has attracted utilities across the region to Advanced Metering projects, such as our pioneer- ing AMI pilot with Tata Power, India’s leading private power distribution utility.” Oliver Iltisberger, Executive Vice President Asia Pacific In India, Landis+Gyr achieved successful on-time delivery of 1.5 million electricity meters for West Ben- gal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL) last year, placing it in a strong position to win further business with this utility. Landis+Gyr is also part of the project team for India’s first AMI pilot contract. The Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited initiative – which includes end-to-end solutions in- volving meters, RF communications, network ele- ments, meter data management and analytics – has attracted great interest from the energy industry. Rev- enue in India grew by 51 % in local currency terms. In China, Landis+Gyr continued to face a challenging market environment. New contracts were won by the Group, especially in tender offers with a focus on and retailers for greater operational efficiency, will product quality and reliability. In the area of heat create a variety of Demand Side Management oppor- meters, Landis+Gyr expanded its position, allowing tunities. The SmartCo deployment is an important the Group to build up a dedicated heat meter manu- milestone in the development of Smart Metering and facturing line in Zhuhai. Smart Grid technology in New Zealand. It brings to market a platform capable of meeting both retailers and network companies’ requirements for managing energy better. Together with SmartCo, Landis+Gyr will deploy the functionalities of an enhanced Smart Metering technology, delivering benefits that include remote reading of electricity consumption, real-time notification of outage and power quality data, and advanced management of Load Control solutions. Promising Prospects and Project Leads In Australia, Landis+Gyr is fine-tuning its product and service offering as the Victorian push to deploy Smart Meters is wrapped up and gives way to different approaches in other states. There are many attractive options for these expanded offerings, which will be introduced later in 2014.